Langley railway station is in

Langley Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...

, a suburb of

Slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, England. It is down the line from and is situated between to the east and to the west. The station is served by local services operated by the

Elizabeth line The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid Urban rail, urban–suburban rail service in London and its suburbs. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of London Paddington statio ...

History

The station is on the original line of the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

which opened on 4 June 1838, but the station at Langley was not opened until 1845. The station building dates from 1878. From 1 March 1883, the station was served by

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services running between Mansion House and

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. The service was discontinued as uneconomic after 30 September 1885. Adjacent to the station is the site of the former Langley Oil Terminal, last operated by EWS. The operation of the station was transferred to

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on behalf of Transport for London at the end of 2017. From 19 December 2019, the train services became part of

TfL Rail TfL Rail was the concession which operated commuter services on two separate railway lines in London, England and its environs whilst the Crossrail construction project linking these lines was underway. On 24 May 2022, upon the opening of th ...

in preparation for the

, which the services switched to on the 24th May 2022.

Accidents and incidents

On 1 March 1937, a passenger train and a freight train collided at Langley. One person was killed and six were injured.

Services

The station is served by local services operated by the

Frequency

The typical off-peak service is: * 4tph to * 4tph to , of which 2tph continue to Trains are formed of Class 345 Aventra trains with nine cars. Because the platforms are shorter than the trains, doors only open in the first four coaches.

Future

Network Rail is developing plans for the

Western Rail Approach to Heathrow The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed bi-directional link westward from London's Heathrow Airport to the Great Western Main Line. It would thus run, in council areas, from Greater London under Iver, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire to ...

. This is a new rail link to provide a direct service to the

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from Reading and Slough. The new line is proposed to leave the Great Western main line just east of Langley, connecting by tunnel to existing platforms at Heathrow's Terminal 5 station.

References

Railway stations in Berkshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Great Western Main Line Transport in Slough Railway stations served by the Elizabeth line {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub